diff --git a/hosting/couchdb/build-target-paths.sh b/hosting/couchdb/build-target-paths.sh
index 34227011f4..8bad974a1f 100644
--- a/hosting/couchdb/build-target-paths.sh
+++ b/hosting/couchdb/build-target-paths.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ if [[ "${TARGETBUILD}" = "aas" ]]; then
     /etc/init.d/ssh restart
     sed -i "s#DATA_DIR#/home#g" /opt/clouseau/clouseau.ini
     sed -i "s#DATA_DIR#/home#g" /opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini
+elif  [[ -n $KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST ]]; then
+    # In Kubernetes the directory /opt/couchdb/data has a persistent volume
+    # mount for storing database data.
+    sed -i "s#DATA_DIR#/opt/couchdb/data#g" /opt/clouseau/clouseau.ini
+    sed -i "s#DATA_DIR#/opt/couchdb/data#g" /opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini
 else
     sed -i "s#DATA_DIR#/data#g" /opt/clouseau/clouseau.ini
     sed -i "s#DATA_DIR#/data#g" /opt/couchdb/etc/local.ini